The greatest extent of the Toucouleur Empire at the time of Omar Tall's death in 1864
Capital
Segou
Common languages
Arabic (official) Fula
Religion
Sunni Islam
Government
Monarchy
Caliph
History
• Established
1852
• Disestablished
1893
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Segu Empire
Kaarta
Massina Empire
Khasso
French West Africa
The Toucouleur Empire (Arabic: الخلافة التجانية; also known as the Tijaniyya Jihad state or the Segu Tukulor or the Tidjaniya Caliphate or the Umarian State[1]) (1861–1890) was an Islamic state in the mid-nineteenth century founded by Elhadj Oumar Foutiyou Tall of the Toucouleur people of Senegal.
^Robinson, David (1973). "Another Look at the Umarian State". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 6 »: 646. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
The ToucouleurEmpire (Arabic: الخلافة التجانية; also known as the Tijaniyya Jihad state or the Segu Tukulor or the Tidjaniya Caliphate or the Umarian...
contradictions weakened the emirate until it fell to the Toucouleur in 1862.: 56 The founder of the ToucouleurEmpire, El Hadj Umar Tall, was an Islamic reformer...
Bambara Empire against Umar Tall's ToucouleurEmpire and was also defeated by it in 1862. This empire, founded by El Hadj Umar Tall of the Toucouleur peoples...
Jallon and placed the region under sharia law. Their success inspired the Toucouleurs on the banks of the lower Senegal to establish their own state, the Imamate...
the Massina Empire faced external threats from neighboring states, including the ToucouleurEmpire under El Hadj Umar Tall. The Massina Empire fell to the...
disputes.: 412 When El Hadj Umar Tall, a Toucouleur religious leader, declared a jihad against the empire in 1859, this balkanization prevented 'faama'...
of the Sokoto Caliphate is Sa'adu Abubakar. The ToucouleurEmpire, also known as the Tukular Empire, was one of the Fulani jihad states in sub-saharan...
Sokoto Caliphate, and El Hadj Umar Tall who created the short-lived ToucouleurEmpire. The largest of the Fulani jihads was led by the Torodbe scholar Usman...
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in 1826, when the Massina Empire took over control of the city until 1865, when they were driven away by the ToucouleurEmpire. Sources conflict on who...
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downfall. The death of Umar Tall, founder of the ToucouleurEmpire, in 1864 functionally split his empire between his sons and opened political space for...
Dahomey, Ashanti Empire, Bamana Empire, Sokoto Caliphate, and the ToucouleurEmpire. Central Africa: Kanem Empire, Kingdom of Kongo, Wadai Empire, Sultanate...
was a Senegalese Tijani sufi Toucouleur Islamic scholar and military commander who founded the short-lived ToucouleurEmpire, which encompassed much of...
governor of Senegal Briere de l'Isle sent a French force against the Kaarta Toucouleur vassal state along the north bank of the Senegal River. Blocked by the...
those of Seku Amadu, founder of the Massina Empire and Omar Saidou Tall, founder of the ToucouleurEmpire, who married one of ɗan Fodio's granddaughters...
Fulani Empire, which replaced the Hausa city-states, Seku Amadu's Massina Empire, which defeated the Bambara, and El Hadj Umar Tall's ToucouleurEmpire, which...
end to the Bambara Empire (which effectively became part of the newly declared ToucouleurEmpire). The Mali Empire or Manding Empire or Manden Kurufa was...
decline and was ultimately destroyed by Omar Saidou Tall of Toucouleur. The Massina Empire was one of the most organized theocratic states of its time...
incorporated into the Senegal Colony Abdul Bu Bakar (1877–1891) Empire of Great Fulo ToucouleurEmpire History of Senegal Stewart, John (1989). African States...
Sekou, Ahmad al-Madani al-Kabir at-Tijani) was a Toucouleur ruler (Laamdo Dioulbé) of the ToucouleurEmpire (1864–93) and (Faama) of Ségou (now Mali) from...
c. 970 — c. 1240 Decline of the Ghana Empire c. 1,075 Almoravid conquest of the Ghana Empire c. 1100 — c. 1235 Aftermath and Sosso Occupation c. 1217 —...
Order from Senegal. Founder of the ToucouleurEmpire Ahmadou Tall (1836–1897) – Second Sultan of the ToucouleurEmpire Sulayman Bal (1726–1776) – Islamic...
elite families of Torodbes. Threatened by both the expansion of the ToucouleurEmpire and the French in the mid-19th century, Futa Toro was eventually annexed...
Fulbe Empire of El Hajj Oumar Tall, ToucouleurEmpire (1848–1898) Fulani or Fulbe Empire of Bundu (state) of Malick Daouda Sy (1669–1954) Kanem Empire (700–1380)...
Médine, on the left bank of the Senegal River in present-day Mali. The Toucouleur forces of Omar Saidou Tall unsuccessfully besieged native and French colonial...
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